call in

verb

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"call-in" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“call in” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To communicate with a base etc, by telephone.

Corpus desk

Index EN-call-in · call in · English

call in · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for call in
PropertyValue
Headwordcall in
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “call in” in English

call insits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

call in is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for call in in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is call in, spelled C-A-L-L- -I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    To communicate with a base etc, by telephone.
  2. 2
    To report; communicate (a message) by telephone or similar.
  3. 3
    To pay a short visit.
  4. 4
    To summon someone, especially for help or advice.
  5. 5
    To withdraw something from sale or circulation.
  6. 6
    To request immediate repayment of (a debt).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how call in appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I was too unwell to work yesterday so I called in sick.
  2. The hoaxer called in a bomb threat.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "call in"?
"call in" is spelled C-A-L-L- -I-N.
What does "call in" mean?
As a verb, "call in" means: To communicate with a base etc, by telephone.
What language does "call in" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list